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name: "Nils Jørgen Kaalstad"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nils-jrgen-kaalstad"
fi1m_id: "nils-jrgen-kaalstad"
imdb_id: "nm2064587"
tmdb_id: 589188
wikidata_id: "Q11991481"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 January 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T22:05:17.835485+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Nils Jørgen Kaalstad

## Identity

Nils Jørgen Kaalstad

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nils-jrgen-kaalstad
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nils-jrgen-kaalstad
- **IMDb ID:** nm2064587
- **TMDB ID:** 589188
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11991481
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_J%C3%B8rgen_Kaalstad, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11991481, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2064587/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/589188

Actor. Born 23 January 1979 in Bærum, Akershus, Norway.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 January 1979, Bærum, Akershus, Norway
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_J%C3%B8rgen_Kaalstad, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11991481, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2064587/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/589188

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Headhunters*](https://film.one/film/headhunters.md) (80)

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## Biography

Nils Jørgen Kaalstad is a Norwegian actor. Born on 23 January 1979 in Bærum, he began acting as a child at Bærum Children's Theater and appeared in productions at the National Theatre in the early 1990s. He graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 2007 and has been permanently employed there since 2009.

His film credits include the role of Stig in *Headhunters* (2011), Rino in *Fatso* (2008) and Harry in *Fallen Angels* (2008). On television he has played Dag Solstad in *Lilyhammer* (2012–2014), Arvid in *Norsemen* (2016–2020) and Sexton in *Beforeigners* (2019). In 2019 he received the Hedda Award for Best Male Actor for his stage performance in *Uten navn - Å miste sine nærmeste*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Headhunters* (2011), Fi1m 80, as Stig — [page](https://film.one/film/headhunters.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Caterella* (2025), as Vertshuseier (voice)
- *Captain Sabertooth and the Countess of Grel* (2025), as Pelle Pirat (voice)
- *Blind Tracks* (2025), series, as Stein
- *Quisling* (2024), series, as Dagfinn
- *Quisling: The Final Days* (2024), as Dagfinn
- *Reservations* (2023), as Jørgen
- *Ammo* (2022), series, as HC
- *Three Wishes for Cinderella* (2021), as Huslæreren
- *Another Happy Christmas* (2020), as Samuel
- *Et dukkehjem* (2020), as Torvald Helmer
- *Beforeigners* (2019), series, as Sexton
- *Now It's Dark* (2018), as Kattefangeren
- *Nesten voksen* (2018), series, as Thomas
- *The Pornographer* (2018), as Tom
- *Twigson the Explorer* (2017), as Lille-Knerten (voice)
- *In the Forest of Huckybucky* (2016), as Morten Skogmus (voice)
- *Snowfall* (2016), series, as Stål
- *Norsemen* (2016), series, as Arvid
- *The Lion Woman* (2016), as Knudzon
- *The Christmas King: In Full Armor* (2015), as Farmer
- *Behind - The Christmas King: In Full Armor* (2015), Actor
- *Doctor Proctor: Bubble in the Bathtub* (2015), as Blodbrønn
- *The Wendy Effect* (2015), as Lange
- *Staying Alive* (2015), as Truls
- *Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama* (2014), as Dankert
- *Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder* (2014), as Sailor Boy
- *Samurai Sikkerhet* (2014), series, as Stian Krokås
- *Detective Downs* (2013), as Lars Erik Stjernen
- *Crossing Lines* (2013), series, as Antti Fengerer
- *Tina & Bettina: The Movie* (2012), as Geir
- *Lilyhammer* (2012), series, as Dag Solstad
- *Twigson in Trouble* (2011), as Politikonstabel, Policeman
- *Helt perfekt* (2011), series, as Nils Jørgen Kaalstad
- *Spesialenheten* (2011), series, as Yngve
- *Headhunters* (2011), as Stig — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/headhunters.md)
- *Molo* (2011), as Client
- *Den unge Fleksnes* (2010), series, as Onkel Harald
- *Fatso* (2008), as Rino
- *Fallen Angels* (2008), as Harry
- *Utkant* (2007), as Eivind
- *Størst av alt* (2007), series, as Erling Røst Halvorsen
- *Mars & Venus* (2007), as Stein
- *Sons* (2006), as Lars
- *Joe's Assignment*, Actor

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Hedda Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2019: Hedda Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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